This week's home cinema offering, Bloodshot, features Vin Diesel as a fallen soldier reanimated with enhanced abilities.
Spoiler level here will be mild, nothing you wouldn't know from the trailers.
Bloodshot actually hit my theater a week or two before the Great Shutdown of 2020, but for some reason I didn't make it out, despite my great love of Vin Diesel. I think "for some reason" may be that the movie just didn't look all that good, but I'm pleased to report it's not as bad as I'd feared.
Despite the whole "enhanced abilities" thing, Bloodshot isn't really a superhero movie. If a franchise ensues (as I understand is the intent), it may become that, but it's not there yet. That's neither good nor bad, but in the interest of full and fair disclosure it's worth noting. Vin Diesel is quite good, and the role is a good fit for him. It's nothing too challenging or too different from his usual fare, but there's something to be said for knowing your strengths and sticking with them. Bloodshot is violent, but not overly gory, and sometimes goofy enough to undermine itself. The movie features well-paced action, a likable cast, and nifty effects, an entertaining enough bit of fluff despite its lack of originality.
Bloodshot runs 109 minutes and is rated PG13 for "intense sequences of violence, some suggestive material, and language."
Even in a crisis-free world, Bloodshot was never going to set the world on fire, but it's a solid enough precursor to the usual summer slate of superhero fare.
Of a possible nine Weasleys, Bloodshot gets six and a half.
Until next time...stay safe and sane, dear reader(s)!
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